BR. C. H. BUCKETT,
ID I NT 1ST
Ol 1'lCJt:
Between G. T. Cotton
and
Fetei-sou & Wallace.
Lebanon,
Oregon
J. K. WEATHERFORD,
A.tto r ne y -at- Law.
Office over First National Rank, i
ALBANY, - - ORRCON. I
J. M. KEENE, D. D. S."
Dental -:-Parlors.;
Office: Breytnan Bros., Building, '
SALEM, OREGON.
T"Hours from 8 A. M. to 5 T. M.
W. R. EILYEU,
ATTORN EY-AT-LAW,
ALBANY. OREGOK,
E. J. M'CAUSTLAND,
CIYIL ENGINEER v SURYEYOR.
Draughting and Blue Prints.
Office with Oregon Land Co., Albany.
Sewerage System and Water Supplies ;
a Specialty. Estates Snbdiv-ded. Maps
made or copied on short notice.
. L McGLRUE,
(Successor to C H. Hahmos )
Barber : and : llaiifeer,
LEBANON, OREGON.
Sn.WING. HAIR CUTTING AND
Shampooing in the latest and best
Style. Special attention paid to dressing
Ladies' hair. Your patronage respect
fully solicited.
LEBANON
Heat
ED. KELLENBERCrER,
P
TISTITI
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Fresh & Salted Beef, Tork, Mutton,
Sausage, Bologna, and Ham.
Baeoij and Card Always or? and
ilain Street, Lebanon, Or.
. S. PIIiLSBUKY,
JEWELRY,
RB JlVMSViLH,
ORECON
irnyaiKr says he nas tfae XV. X.. rtoniriae
Shoes without name and price ntHnipea oi
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L. DOUGLAS
SHOE CENTLEMEN.
$3
Hest in the world. Tlxamine Ms
SS.OO (iEM INK HAND-SKWhB SROF.
4.(IO HAMI-SKIVKI) WKI.T SKOK,
S.3.AO POLICK AI F4RM KKV KHOE.
;.r.O FXTKA VA1.1JK CAM' StlOU.
SViS WORKINGMAN'S SHOK.
fej.ooaiHi si. 7-. Kins' si Hiior, shoes.
An uiaafc iu tr.onirress Kutum Mini I.ae.
W. L. DOUGLAS
S3 SHOE ladTes.
Beet lVTaterial. Beat Stvle. Beat Fitl inc.
it not solii ly ynur rttaler, write
W. 1 DOl'GLAS, KHIK'RTOX, MASH
"Examine W. L. Doug-las $2 Shoe
or Gentlemen and Ladies.'
for Satf hy C. C II A CK J. F. HA V.
Opposed to Experiments.
Doctor (to Kentnckian) Y-es,von're '
a pretty sick man, but there is" hope '
for yon yet. You want to try a water i
cote. !
Bluegrass Patient (feebly) "Never, j
I tfmt want to take anv of these new-
fangleJSpatent medicines. The remedies 1
-T natiwe are good enough for
me
I,
!itkV or e-ive me de"."-
Market
trie nnaai, put mm aown as a irai
MUCH THE NEWEST,
NOBBIEST AND tAROEST STOCK OF
I-af7
in the County, is now to be Seen on the Counters of
Iv. K. BLAIN
ALBANY, -
E5Vhen you want to "dress up," we would be glad to show
you through and make the right price.
MERCHANT TAILORING A SPECIALTY.
Mr. E. A. Schkffler, is an expert, and has charge of this tie-
partment. We guarantee satisfaction.
MY SPRING STOCK
- OF
DRY GOODS. BRESS GOODS
Ladies' and Children's Shoes,
Has arrived. I have also received my Spring Stock of
MEN'S, YOUTHS' & BOYS' CLOTHING, FURNISHING GOODS,
BOOTS, SHOES, ETC.,
Of which we carry a Full and Complete Line, and will not he un
dersold. Come and see us, ami we will treat you well.
ALBANY,
THE YAQUIHA ROUTE.
OREGON PACIFIC RAILROAD.
Oregon Deyelopmsat Compau's SteamsiiD Line.
; 225 Shorter, 20 Hours Less Time
i Than by any other Route.
I FIRST-CLASS THROUGH PASSENGER
AND FREICHT LINE
From Portland and H points in the Willamette
Valley to and from San Francisco, Cat.
OREGON PACIFIC RAILROAD.
TIME SCF.DVIK. (F.xcept Sundays )
Albany i:oop. ra.
Corvallis iuo p. m.
Vaquiua 5:50 p.m.
T.v
Lv
Ar
Yaquina 65 a. m
Cor-alIis 10:55 a. m.
Albanv 11:10 a tn.
O. & C. trains connect at Alban and Corvallis
The above trains connect at Yaquina with the
Orrjon Development Company line of Steam
ships between aquiua ani
id rin hrancisco.
SA1I.IXO DATES.
Steamer. Fm. S. F. Ate-ira;r. Fm. Va j'na
Farallon 7.' .Slav jTwilamette V"y . May 4
Willamette Val y May 9 Farallon May 9
Farallon . .'.Mav'it Willamette V'y May 14
Willamette V'v May jo Farallon . Mv-"
This company reserve the right to cnanifi sail
ing dates without notice.
Passenger from Portland anii all Willamette
Valley points can make close connection with the
trains of the Yaquina route at Alhany or Corval
lis, and if destined to San Francisco should ar
range to arrive at Yaquina the evening before the
date of sailing.
Passenger and Freight
Always the Lowest-
Rates
F"or particulars apply to
C H HASWEI.I.. f C. C. HlW'.I K.
ilen'l Ft & Pass. Agt. j Act'g ',en. F. 8c P. Agt.
Oregon Ievel pm'nt Co . o, P. K. k. K. Co.,
304 Montgomery St. j Corvallis.
San Francisco, "Cal. i Oregon.
NORTH BOUND.
Leave CorvaUis Monday, Wednesday, Frida,
6 a. m. Leave Albany 9:30 a. m.
Arrive Salem, Monday. Wednesday. Friday, 5
p m. Leave Salem, Tuesday, Thursday, Satur
day, Sam.
Arrive Portlasal.jTuesday, Thursday, Saturday,
3:30 p. m
VTH HOVND
Leave Portland Monday, Wednesday. Friday.
6 a. m.
Arrive Salem. Monday, Wednesday. Friday, 7:15
p. m. Leave Salem, Tuesday. Thursday, Satur
day. 6a. m. Leave Albany, 1:30 p m.
Arrive Corvallis Tuesday, Thursdav, Saturdav.
3:30 p. m.
J. L- COWAN.
J. M. RALSTON.
Bank of Lebanon,
LEBANON. OREGON.
Transacts a General BaniiM Easiness.
ACCOUNTS KEPT SUBJECT
CHECK.
TO
Exchange sold on New York, San
Francisco. Portland and Albany, Oregon.
Collections made on favorable terms.
G.T. COTTON,
: DEALKR IN :
Groceries agu ProvislDiia.
TOBACCO and CIGARS,
SMOKERS' ARTICLES.
Foreign ani Domestic Traits,
Confectionery,
Queensware and Glassware, Tamps and
. Lamp Fixtures.
Peye Cash for lEgce;.
Main Street, Lbnon, Oregon.
H I H G
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OREGON.
-
W. SIMPSON,
OREGON.
THE WITCHCRAFT INDUSTRY.
Pop! Who Prey I'pon the Superstitions
of 1'oor Colored Women.
The old colored woman in the vellow
shawl and bandana turban stopped at
the third frate on the rhrht of the alley
and pave three knocks, says the Wash
ington Star. When the" portal was
opened a crack by a thin and nervous
female of mulatto complexion the visi
tor inserted her foot unobtrusively into
the gap, so as to effectively pi event tlie
shuttinp: of the door, if it had been at
tempted, and said:
'Honey, didn't some myster'ous sigrn
tell you lat a stranger would come
vi.itin' you to-day?"
D:ir was sum pin' queer-lookin' in tie
coffee grounds dis moruin"; but I done
thought de long row of blackbirds
meant nuflin' but de funeral on de nex'
square,'' replied the woman inside tlie
gate.
"No. honey; dem blackbirds was mis
fortunes comin . 1 on se had a deal er
trouble in vo' life; vou can't keep it hid
from nie. ca's l's a witch an' knows
ebotfrvting. A deal er trouble vou'se
had.""
"Yes, indeedy, tlat's a fac" al
mitteil the other, somewhat awestruck.
What a wise woman vou is, to be
j sho"
I "l'se awful wise, honey; and lots mo'
j troubles and misfortunes am comin" on.
I Y'ou'se got an enemy."
"Me?"
! "Yes. an awful bad one. You nebber
j saw her. but she's got a spite against
i vou 'cause her grandpa was hoodooed
by an aunt oh yourn on time, so dat de
ole man's wool "all came out an' he swole
up like a balloon. Don't you hab misery
in de j'ints off an' on?"
"My Lawd, yes!"
"J iinowM you had. Once in awhile
I ax you a queshun. so's to see if you
tell me de trufe. Now Til tell you de
reason for dem pains. Dis enemy of
yourn is lierry wicked; she is berry tall,
an' has pop eyes an' freckles. Once in
a while when she's bakiu', maybe, she
makes a leelle image out oh de dough
an' bakes it in tie oven, not berry crus-
1 tv 1 la liiiTioY is von. An" when rIia
has time, she takes de image and sticks
pins into it; den, ob course, you feel
pains and aches."
"Sakes alive! What's a po' critter
like me to do?"
"Dat's what I came to tell you.
Didn't I say I was a witch, honey? I'll
show yon how to tix yo" enemy, so's she
can't do you no hurt no mo", but it'll
cost you sumpin."
"Tse only got RO cents."
"Well, dat'll do. tiive it to me,
chile. Y'ou'se sho' it's a good silver
piece? Now listen: When you are
bakin' next take a bit ob dough an'
make an image ol de wicked w oman.
Just make it long an' thin an' it'll do.
Den set it to raise wid de udder bread,
after tyin' a piece ob thread round its
neck "pretty tight. , When it's done
raised de thread will hab de neck
mos' cut in two; bake it careful 'dat
way, berry crusty, an' put it away ou
de pantry shelf in a tin lx. De wick
ed woman will be so choked dat she
can't do you any hurt for a year; den
3-011 can make anuddcr image in tie
sani wav."
"Is dat all?"
"No; dero's sumpin1 else awful ser
ious; but it costs more money to know
it."
"But I ain't got no mo'.
' Not two bits?
Deso are hard times
' iu do witchery business."
"Not a nickel."
j "Well, Til come again. Dere's a
pnsson I know of dat's laid sum pin
' down 'gainst you, an', if I don't tell
3 011 how to tix it, it'll bring all sorts er
' bad luck. Good day, honey; and if you
kin git an3' ole clo'es from yo' missus,
' dey'll go a leng way will inn, 'stead er
; money."
A person who knows about such
i things told a Slar reporter that there
i' were a good many shrewd negro wo
j men in Washington who made an cx
! cellent living b- preying in this way
1 upon the superstitious fears of the low
j er class among the colored population.
j A Few Still Icft.
Since the war closed it is probable
that 60,1X10 men 'who were shot iu the
j leg and the surgeons said it would have
i to come off, but were prevented from
j call ing out their wish," have passed
over tho river, but it one is to credit
the little stories still floating about at
least 50,000 others are IviL-Detrvf
Jf'rte iVww. s.
White Chrysanthemums.
nicy prow by the mite, in Hi" amlwir days
Soft jiiowk of the Hiitumn weather
Ami they I loomed In the red October haze.
With lis wine if sunshine and crimson blaze,
And we watched them there together,
Vou leaned ou my heart, and I, whispering-,
Willi
White the shiulowslrnfrtlir-nrsl around us.
How the Rial's Htolo out of their purple bed.
And the liliwiomH crept tin to j our feet in
stead, An.l lifted each fnnrnint. dew kissed head
To listen to nil the words 1 wild.
When- tin; tilht ami tlio white moon found
US.
They bimjr on the trull, the iroldcn-cyed,
A lid low 'mid the hrowu leu vex liwr;
Too sweet for sorrow, too pule for pride;
I.Ike sisters of mercy, true and tiled,
They were dead, mid still jet dylnir.
Oh! 1 took your hrind, and I softly tuid
Hut vour fnee hidden f lorn tiie.
How the nliiht winds rocked the pines o'er
hetid. Tlien paused to listen, and onward sped!
Ah! you trembled thou, and you would have
MeH:
Hut love had conquered, and passion shed
Her drcaiulul madness ou me.
' They Hva'ed the white of yimr lnwnm.
There
j l v o u fund lia ds had plm-cd them:
Aud fell tu a shower from your jjold-brown
hair
To kiss the snow of your shoulder, w here
The slmttowv moonliuht traced them.
Oh! I told you" then. 1 fiercely said
i As 1 closed on the put li before us.
-Ala! how Hie flush trom your Hp Bed!
;' There wus dew ou your brow and sun-crow ucd !
And the flowers at my feet lay e Id and dead j
Killed by the wools onr lover said ,
Aud the morning stars rose o'er us. ,
nenu
Ave.
dead at my fed ! Thcr were lylnfr where
In the pathway's curve we purled
Cold, pule and rushed and withering there, j
With nwee eyechwel, like a s-alnt In prayer, j
Kieh breatheil and gc!ihu h'Hrt-d.
1 streicheil out my hum!; they seemed to
erlne, , j
And adesoKte wind Mew round me":
Thev had lost their fiiiutly turn-kissed tlnire, !
Their curling edir-s and snow-whl'e fringe; '
They were bruised, and broken, and browning
where j
I 1 ad clutched them In mad dcpn!r! j
Oh ! 1 elncd them close, and 1 kissed them j
there
The flow-rs that fell from your breast and
hair:
That tell that night In the nt ill. nwect air.
Kre the cruel daylight f und me.
New Orleans plea rune.
WAS SHE HAUNTED.
I had been sent for in great haste,
and had fancied that I was needed in
au extremely critical case, for the hour
was nine in the evening and the uight
a stormy one.
Whaf then was my surprise, when I
nail ik'i
Si
had been ushered into a Handsome
in one of the best hotels, to tind.
in a largo? armchair and with no
irance of ill-health about her, a
verv lieantitul woman whom 1 Knew to
be an actress of position, and had
often admired upon the stage.
Jslie was dressed in tho most liecotn- i
ing fashion, and arose with a smile up- ;
oh my entrance.
'Von look surprised, doctor." the ;
lady began, motioning me to a seat. ;
"Ton will be more so before you leave i
me. I am not ill. and I can fee that j
yon know that at a glance." j
"Yon rertainlv are looking very well,
madanie," said i.
I am feeling well," said she. '"The
question that I desire to ask ton. as a :
man who has made the brain, in some
degree, a pjwialty, is, am 1 mad? I ;
want you to give me your opinion. Do j
you think me insane?''
"That is a very difficult question. !:
madame,' said I. "A doubt of your
rationality never would have occurred
to me. Besides, insane people seldom
guess their condition. However, you ;,
must have some reason for asking the !
question?' '
"A very grave one. she answered.
"Hither 1 am out of my mind r there i
are such things as ghosts." j
"There are optical illusions, madame" j
Said I. j
"Hut illusion of the senses of sight j
and touch and hearing all nt once. !
Would that not be madness?
"Not if yon were aware
illusions," 1 answered.
they were
Hut they s-eni real to me."" said the
lad, "oh. so real. 1 snpjmse you read
the r-tnfics about me in the p:icrs?
You have heard of the man who killed
himself for love of me? "'
"The Frenchman?"' I asked. "To
tell the truth I have read it."
"Thev said 1 was cruel lo him." said
the lady, growing somewhat excited.
"I was not. I was kind at tirst: but he
dogged mr footsteps and threatened
I n.v "fe- Not at tirst. of course, but
after I had accorded him an interview,
and refused him as gently as a woman ! claring that eating is the chief necessi
could refuse a man. He wanted me tc ty of life, and that there are honors for
marry him. He was rich, of good 1 the caterer as well as for the author aud
family; he was honorable and very, j statesman. However, the hero of the
Verv much iu love. Hut I. how ! New Y'ork mountains lacked the latest
could I love a stranger? And he was
uglv. a great, savage-looking creatu1 e.
After that he tried to kill me
He shot j
at me. I had him arrested.
sml he 1
" She
committed suicide in prisou."
paused and shuddered. "It is he
w ho j
comes," she added.
"Naturally." said I. "you have loon
greatly shocked. You dream of him,
aud your dreams are so vi id that you
fancy them actual occurences."
"I knew you would say that." she
sighed, "but I have verv- vivid dreams,
for in them friends who have been
dead for years come to me. They speak
and move and touch me. But when I
awake I know I have been dreaming.
This is different. My ghost--or my
madness conies to me upon the stage!"
'UKjn the stage?" I repeated.
"Yes," she answered. "He says I
shall not act again. I was playing a
week ago when he came, lie often
conies, "hut never before did he touch
me. This time he laid his hand upon
my arm. and whispered:
'"I tell you you must retire from the
stage! 1 exact this penalty of you.
The next time you tread the boards I
will kill vou! "
"Well?" said I.
"1 fainted," said the lady, "and for
tunately it was the correct thing to do
at that moment. Only mv fellow
actors guessed the swoon to be a real
one. But the next dav-1 cancelled my
engagement. I declared myself il',
The trui h is I was very much frightened.
1 had grown used to his staring and
pointing, to his throat, but when it
came to touching me and speaking "
She paused, shuddering violently.
"Yours is a case of disordered nerves,
madame," said I. T advise you to
take a holiday."
"I don't dare to g on acting!" she
gasped. 'Don't you see that? Whv,
1 really believe you do know why I ain
so troubled! In the very prime of life,
with everything I value at my hand, I
must sink into obscurity retire on n
small sum of money, when I might
make an immense fortune give up the
applause I live for, the art I adore
ami all because a ghost will have it so!"
The tears rose to her beautiful eves.
! s,,e wil,ul ll,c,u aw.v alul "'ced a
laugh.
"Oh, 3ou know I had rather think
myself a little out of my mind than to
i believe in my ghost!" said she.
j "So should I," said I. "If 3 011 will
j take my advice, j-ou will give yourself
j a holiday, surround yourself ; witn
j friends and forget your halluci ation
j it is one. You are just a little upset,
1 and it will pass."
1 wrote, a prescription. '
"Take this at night." I said "I
assure you that science has distinctly
proven the fact that ghosts do not ap
pear to anyone."
The next day I read in the papers
that Madame had. taken her phy
sician's advice aud would spend a
twelvemonth abroad. 1
'
It was more than a j'ear, however,
before I saw upon the w'alls of the city
the announcement of Madam F3 re
appearance. She was to plaifc her
favorite role, and the papers we if. full
of paragraphs concerning her. I
As I had 1113' fortune j'et to nfike I
felt that I was somewhat cxtralagant
to attend on the first night, butI did
so, nevertheless. v
The house was full of t ho most ele
gant people in town.
J ho curtain rose upon tho unini-
portant eluti aiders who always usher in
: a play, and finally th door at the back
of the stage was tiling open by a ser-
j vant and Madame entered. A
: roar of applause greeted lier. She was
j hatnlsoniei- than trier. Her rol was
! one lo tall forth all her ail. She did
uor. fail.
I As the play proceeded I noticed, how-
! ever, that, she occasionally glanced in 1
t the direction of one of tlie side-scenes j
in a way 1 did not like. And as the j
j curtain rose upon the last act there j
i Beemcd to me a longer wait than usual ,
! at the time when she should have j
j entered; however she came. '
; She advanced to the footlights. The i
I part she plated placed Iter in that, scene j
I in the midst of a howling mob who !
threatened her.
j She turned and faced them. Thev i
flourished weapons in the air. She ad
; dressed them, her tall form drawn to !
i its full height.
! My memory of the play was that nt !
' this moment succor arrived, hut it ;
occurreu lo me that the scene was
fli:iti "I'M.
From the midst of the mob j
aiiange wiui liure ruslieil fori h.
1 S.IW it litlt for a moment. It threw!
b.u.k u,e t.(,.u. of Q(ya an(l .uj,,,!
i?l gash across its throat, and flung
out its hand toward her. I satr it hut
for a moment, wondering what con
nection it had with the play, then I saw
Madame fall forward "on her face.
The curtain fell. The house was in
an uproar of excitemuut. A moment
after a ca'l was made for a doctor. I
was the tirst to answer it.
A little group of physicians gathered
about the beautiful form that they had
lifted to a sofa: but we saw at a glance
that we looked upon a dead woman.
For 111 v part a horror Ih-voikI that
which sudden death inspires possessed
nie.
"Did von notice the moment at
i which she fell?"' I asked a prominent
j physician who stood near me, and
: whom I knew well.
J "Yes." said he, "as he sioke the
, last words of her defiance. Her frieuds
j were about to appear."
j "I fancied one of the populace the
i one who touched her, who hail blood
I upon him frightened her." i said,
j Oh, uo one touched her, my dear
' fellow," he said. ' There is not hing of
; the sort in the play. She awed them
. by her manner, vou know. G od
: heavens, what a sad thing this is!"
1 "It is horrible!"' I answered.
I think so si ill. No one but myself
j had seen the man with the blood upon
: his throat unless she did. and unless all
; that I am bound as a medical man to
dislielieve is true there are such things
as ghosts.
FOOD AND FORTUNE.
The
Relative Importance of
Author, ami I'alltlriana.
Conks,
George T. Downing, the keeper of
the congressional restaurant for many
tears, and a man of considerable
j wealth, was an orator of no mean abil-
ity. says the .-tmrrirati Analyst. Many'.s
: the lecture he delivered, for each of
; which he got a round f2tK). That he
should have devoted the major ortioit
of his time to providing f i khI for men's
i stomachs when he was well lilted to
: dispense intellectual pabulum excited
J much comment among his friends, one
! of whom asked him jxiintedly w hy he
j did not renounce the kitchen for the
' library. "I seek the dollar, and there
j is more money in the restaurant than
I in the field "of literature." was the
i answer of this cultured African. And
I then he added that men of all degrees
I .tf niilliira null id tliMd t.k,.t'itir it
j a;t0;rether. entertain higher opinions
of their eooks than of their law-makers.
"Every man is a gourmaud in degree.
Mr po'pnlaritv is due solely to the fact
I that I can prepare and serve palatable
dishes. 1 he world is full of litterateurs
and orators, but good cooks are not
easv to be found."
Adirondack Murray, the versatile
Boston preacher who in the palmy
days, of his pulpit sway was termed the
'lieecher of the Hub" after his retreat
south went to Montreal aud engaged in
the same business as Downing, being
' in no sense ashamed of his calling, de-
requisite for the management of a tirst
class cuisine.
At Washington there lived for many
years, and finally died, a book-seller
named Taylor. "Mr. Taylor Iiad a son
iu the army aud another in the uavy,
both of high rank and most estimable
gentlemen. The book-seller, a man of
high literary tastes, placed eating at
its proper estimate, rightly declariug
that the good eater is the happy man.
He wrote a book, his only published
writing, in which he recited all he
knew of table anecdotes. The volume,
now very scarce, alioiiuds iu charming
little stories of great men's table weak
uesses. All will recall the hoe expressed by
Mr. Pickwick's friend that the jury iu
the liardcll breacli-of-proiuise suit had
bad a good breakfasL One of the most
successful lobbyists who ever lived
said, after twenty t ears of contact with
senators and representatives at Wash
ington, that he never - talked with a
hungry man. 'I take them at dinner
or immediately afterward. Y'our hun
gry man is savage and little disposed
to grant a favor."
No Time Cor Home Duties.
"Mary, J'ottr dress is torn again this
morning. Now step up here aud I
will HxTt for you."
A pin was placed in the offensive
dress and the child stepped back into a
row of scholars, who, books in hand,
stood in ;t semicircle around the kind
teacher who had fixed the dress.
"Now. Mary," said the latter, as the
pupil took her place in the class, "I
told you yesterday to ask your mother
to mend your dress. WI13' didn't you
do as I told you?"
The child "hesitated a moment, then
meekl3" said: "Please, teacher, moth
er goes to church every evening aud
says that she has got uo time, to tix
things for me."
The teacher blushed 3-es, blushed
for the mother who parades her re
ligion and ueglects her home but said
not a word.
This s or3 is an actual fact, says the
Minneapolis Tribune. The incident
occurred in one of the public schools
of this city recently. Are there many
mothers "like this in the city, -that
boasts of her scholarly preachers, her
churches and schools?
Freaks of the St. Lawrence Klver.
"The St. Lawrence river," said a
Clayton member of the Cogburn club
last evening, "is a most erratic as
well as beautiful body of water. You
have probably noticed several items in
the newspaK'rs of vessels sailing on it
running aground because of low water.
Just think of it low water with the
1 almost continuous rains we have had
the last spring, summer, and fall! But
such is tho fact. And iu some other
generally dr3' seasons the St. Lawrence
has been unusually high. It is said
that the grand old river has one of
those low spells siuking lits, so to
speak ever seven years, but I can't
vouch for the truth of that. The fact
remains, however that it is unlike any
other body of water I know of, and
when other streams and neighboring
lakes are high the St. Lawrence is apt
tomaVe a contrary showing, " Utica
Observer.
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FARM NOTES.
Hogs need salt as much as other ani
mals, and should receive it at regular
intervals
Tho best plant food for tho rose is a
compost of well-rotted turf and cow
manure in equal parts.
Of all grasses for lawns, blno grass
(sometimes called June grass) isdoubt
lcss tho best. It is most persistent, too,
and easily raised.
The way to win a battle is to plan
your campaign. Tho way to have a
good garden is to think tlie matter over
and lay your plans during the Winter.
The man w ho makes just what the
market wauls will come a good deal
nearer making handsome prolits than
will the man who does not know what
the market wants.
Experience has taught an Eastern
farmer that timber taken from near the
top of cedar, white oak or chestnut will
last much longer than if cut from tho
butt or near it.
Wick's Magazine echoes the old fact
that there are too many fences, as they
are excusive, ugly and harbor weeds.
How to lessen ami Improve them is an
interesting question for every country
neiirhlxirhood.
F'or sheep-killing dogs, it is recom
mended to build a rail pen tifteeti rails
high, slanting inward. Put the dead
carcass of a sheep inside. The dogs
can climb up and jump in from the
outside, but when in can not get out.
Whi-n we fail of success in dairying
t ie fault is often our own. Alwavs
better ce whether it is or not. for when
failures can if traced to ourselves the
trouble is easily remedied, barring, of
course, the natural dillieulty of over
coming our own weaknesses.
The rich black liquid that flows off
the barn yard contains the wealth ot
the farm. L'se absorbent niatej'ial and
save it. The loss of liquid manure is
great, and if saved would not ouly add
fertilizing matter to the farm but in
crease the value of solids.
There is no prolit in rearing or keei-
ing cattle, except through good feeding !
in all seasons of the year. No argu- I
ment is required to prove the truth of ;
this awrtioii. for even slightest rellec- !
tioit shows that prolit comes clearly 1
only through Utilization of food beyond '.
the necessity for mainteinaltce. f
The !ejfcr A;jrirulnri.t says that '
llnl-tciii-Frii hius niilnuiiilx'red all the !
other breeds of cattle at leading
cm State Fairs last fall. This
We.st-
shows
the increasing interest in dairy pro
duction. The -strong point with the
lied Polled ami Swiss cattle is that they
are jrood dairy cattle as well as gr.
In-ef animals, and tlie Itest milking
families of the Short-horns are increas
ing in (Hipularity in this count ry and
KiiroN'. Still, the licef-produccr will
ignore milk as of little consequence.
Meanwhile the dairy cattle are in
creasing in Mtpularity the world over.
Pre-ideiit Chamberlain, of Iowa, in
the Ohio 1'iinntr: "Clniuge brings ex-jM-nse
and loss in all things, especially
1U farming, and should never lx; made
without clear proof of a net advantage
to l? gained. It will cost a thrifty
farmer far more than fl.iM t to move
to another Slate and get started as well
again, and another fl, in 0 to learn new
met hods for soil and climate. Will it
Hiv to change? Take the two Slates of
Ohio and Iowa grand Stales.
Mv ad-
v ice to nearly all the farmers in liolh
Slates would In? to stay right where
they are and do the best thev can there."
A good road is always to le desired
and is a source of comfort and con
venience to every traveler. Good roads
attract opulation. as well as good
schools and churches. Good roads im
prove t!:e value of the property, so
that is said a farm lying live miles
from market, connected by a bad road,
is of less value than an equally good
farm Iving ten miles away from the
-market, connected by a good road. A
larger had can be drawn hy one horse
over a good road than by two over a
bad one. Good roads encourage the
greater exchange of products and com
modities lietween one section and an
other. The wool industry, the Department
of Agriculture thinks probably repre
senis $;K iti.oi m.i Mi per anuum.'aud the
native woo! product is four times as
large as iu l-Hljil, while the average
fleece weighs as much as two of that
; date. Prior to that time there was a
slow increase of numbers aud small ad
vances iu quality- or weight. Large
classes of goods w hich could not lw
produced in this country, as was
claimed by importers aud half believed
bv consumers. are now p:oluced
here iu nearly full supply of the home
- demand. Their manufacture was ren
dered jHissihle tirst by the effect of the
war premium on gold and afterward
; by the influence of the tariff of 1&67.
Professor Sanborn says that English
rye grass, w hich in Great Britain is the
backlxine of their hay crop, has the
i distinction of lieing the only grass
methodically improved by selection.
To the English farmer it is what
; timothy is to us. He says iu Western
; j sourer: "I have grown it for six
j years. No grass springs up so quickly
I after sow ing and grows so rapidly in
: the early Spring. Where a lawn is to
j Imj quickly made this grass is sown
j for this purjose, other lawn grasses be
I ing sown with it. On our soil it yields
j well and comes well up lo timothy for
j the First year, but it tloes not stand at
. all when sown alone, with rye. lodging
I almost as flat as though rolled. It will
j not Winter as well as the aliove named
1 grasses."
A new method of dressing chickens
for market is given b- a correspondent
of tin? Massachusetts I'lnughman. The
chicken is either lieheaded or knifed in
the throat in the ordinary wav-, and is
instantly immersed in a tub of cold
water a ud held ther until he has ceased
lo kick, when he is immediately taken
out ami the feathers will come out bv
the handful, as e.isily as if scalded.
Care must be taken to hold the chicken
long enough, but not too long iu tho
water and remove the feathers immediately-.
The skin is not torn or dis
figured in an3' way, and the dressed
bird presents a particularly attractive
appearance. This wits done with
spring chickens of about four pounds'
weight. It required not over live
minutes to kill and dress a bird in this
wa3.
Au Easter exchange says that the
twigs ou man' tipple and pear trees
ve showing the result of the tire blight
and they demand attention at once.
The leaves commence dying and the
ends of the twigs dry up The warning
is given and it should be speedily heed
ed. for every where tho tree shows its
leaves of mourning there is death, and
if the dead is not takeu away from the
living the blight will spread until the
entire tree is gone. As yet no cure
has been found for the disease, but it
makes its exisLetice know n immediate
ly and cau be checked by cutting off
the limbs as rapidly as they are seen
to bo affected and destroying them
completely by burning. Iu this way
the trees may perhaps be saved. The
matter cau not afford to wait, however,
for some convenient season.
Secretary Husk has received a report
from the Agricultural Experiment
Station in Southwest Kansas, near Gar
den Citv- announcing that it had lieen
demonstrated that the arid lauds of the
West can be made productive without
the aid of irrigation. Experiment at
the station named have proved that the
desert land unirrigated will produce
plentiful supplicated grasses ami forage
plants, including sorghum, aud it u
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fje lie ved that wheat, corn, and potatoes
will grow equally :is well. Only two
things were necessary lo accomplish
these results: First, the ground was
pulverized deeply to make a :-pa!!e of
holding the water that falls in rain;
second, the planted surface was covered
after the sowing of the tirst crop w ith
matted straw to keep the loan from
blowing awa,y and with it tin; st-ed.
Subsequent crops wil! require no straw
S
for the reason tnal the matted roots
will keel the dry earth from be
blow it awav bv tiie high wiuds.
Snider, t he Tireless Walker.
" 'Do von reniemlx-r Snider, the walk'
Jng phenomenon?" asked a dim
museum manager of a St. Paul Pionesr
l'rex man. --Used to walk night and
day iu various museums, couldn't stop,
would die if he was o!T the track fifteen
minutes, drew immense crowds, proved
the best freak card ever played in this
country. Well, let me give you some
inside figures on the Sni; e " fake.
"Along about three mouths liefore
Snider was ppnmg on a guileless public
I fount! mvscif every day running up
against something in the papers about
the wonderful Snider down in Tennes
see, a man w ho couldn't stop walking
long enough to eat his meals, and who
had worn a path around his cottage
six inches deep with his eretu-t!
itinerancy. Every day and every week
I saw these stories in the papers. It
caught all the exchange editors in the
country, and their shears couldn't dig
into a paper fast enough to rip out
something new alxoit Snider, how lie
was st a tid ill!? it. how his irait was in-
j creasing, how he had refused. thousands
j of dollars to go to dime museums, how
lie promised to tlie on the track, how
badly his wife and family felt, and all
that sort of rot. you know. Well, at
the end of three months the museum
got Snider. Ail this previous adver
tising hadn't cost anything, because of
the kindness ef the exchange editors.
See? You know how Stiider drew, of
course, but do you know how the snap
was worked?
"No? Thought not. Tes f.md a
dreamy look crept into the lumiuotts
orbs of the museum man, half senti
mental, half sH-culativeJ ; yes, there
were two Sniders twin brothers,
looked just alike, dressed just alike.
Whiie one was taking his'qiiiet snooze
iu the little cottrvge, vou remember, be
side the track, inacosibie to any in the
! audience, bis brother was spinning
' around the laps as if he were cbucd '
I bv bloodhounds. This is. truly, a
wicked, wicked world.''
A Hot Hay In India.
The hot winds set in early like a
consuming fire, says a writer in the j
Contemporary II-rife. The large
double windows stood open all night,
and were shut tip tight in the early j
morning, the heavy Venetian doors pun- j
side the glass doing their best to her- i
metically seal the interior from the '
glare and heat. We had to start for
our gallop by 5 o'clock or not get it at (
all except at the risk of a sunstroke.:
The courts and public ofuces oened at
7. and closed for the day Itefore 1100:1.
Then each man drove swiftly through j
the furnace of shimmering "air to iiis !
darkened and silent homel A linger-
ing bath and a languid breakfast J
brought the hot hours to 1 o'clock. The"
slow combustion of the suffocating
afternoon was endured somehow under ;
the punka, with the help of the endless
bundles of papers in one's office Iiox, i
read by chance rays which tiercel v j
forced au entrance through every chink :
in the double win-lows of slass and
wikhi. .-vooiii o we an met ar. me
raequet court, whose, high wall at that
time cast a sufficient shadow". A couple
of four-handed games (the doctor was
grown too stout to play) left us steam
ing at every pore and marking at eacft
step a damp fiMitprint through our
tennis shoes on the fi.-ivement. Then
the delicious plunge in the swimming
bath in the judge's garden, the one mo
ment of freshness looked forward to
throughout the long, exhausting day.
A cheroot and an iced drink as we lay
fanned bv the servauts ou long chairs
at the top of the mount and presently.
almost 111 a minute, tho sun iiad
once
more hidden his malignant face, and
the blinding glare of day had given
place to the stifling stillness of night.
Liberality Pays.
On
he death of the elder Krnpp one
of the tirst
lets of his son anil s,u.Pes
sor was to give to tho town of Essen '
the sum of JL"l.',0t.H) for public, improve- (
ments. which he followed by anothel
donation of JLoO.OOO for the creation of
a fund for the Itenetit of ' his sick, dis
abled, or infirm workmen. The inter
est in the welfare of the employes
which was shown in this and similar
ways has Ix-en verv beneficial to the
firm's interests. The Krupp gun works
has the pick of the labor market at the
ordinary wages and during the recent
strikes 111 western Germany they were
in no wav affected.
While "100,000 workmen from the
majority of the large establishments in
the neighborhood were on strike, caus
ing an entire suspension of work,
Krupp's works never had to suspend
ojierations for an hour, though the
total numler of persons employed ex
ceeds twcntv-live thousand. Olasyow
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Look at Your Xose.
A somewhat singular fact has been
observed with reference to the shape of
the nos-, or rather the setting of it in
the face, so to speak. To be strictly
correct, from the artist's oint of view",
the nose should lie exactly in the mid
die of the face, and at right angles with
a line from the pupil ot" one eve to that
of the olher. As a matter of fact, it is
rarely or never found thus placed: it
is almost invariably a little out of "the
square," and rUe fact of it being so is
often that winc-li leads-a peculiar ex
pression and piquancy to the face. A
medical writvr points out that t!-re
are anatomical reasons why a slight
deviation from the true central line
may lie e.jected. and th:it tho io.se.
which is found to lie "centrally lo
cated" and accurately straight between
the two eyes ma-, after all. be consnl
ered an abnormal one; the only abso
lutely true and correct organ .being, in
fact, that which deviates a little either
to the riirht or left.
French Civil Service.
The French civil service costs more
now than it did twenty- years ago. In
the budget of 1S71 the amount demand
ed under this head was Jt'10, 1 20.000.
Iu the budget of lSiX) the same estimate
figures for within a trille of 17,000,
J0. Aud there is said to lie uotlvtg
whatever to show for the iucrcasod ex
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FOOT-READING.
Telling a lfanua't Character by the Ap
pmraaefl of Her Pedal Extremities.
"Madge" of London Truth' lias re
ceived the following letter from a
friend in New Y'ork: The newest idea
here is to tell one's charcterfrom one's
fooL I've had mine done, of course.
Corns are translated into bad temper.
Small feet mean that .their owners are
quick, energetie,and given to flirtation.
A lou foot indicates aesthetic tenden
cies and a reserved disposition. The
foot-reading woman gave me a Iiad
character. She says I am a dangerous
flirt, that my temper is hastv, and that
I am too fond of candy. 1 asked ber
if she could not throw in some allevia
tion in the shape of a small good qual
ity or so. Giving my best corn an
extra tweak that 111r.de me feel sick she
said she thought my eurves indicated a
latent susceptibility to soft influences.
"Y'oo mean that I might make a fool ;
of myself some day. Tnere's not much
balm in Gilead ia that suggestion, any
way." "The angles about your heel
prove that your common sense will al
ways be in excess of "our emotions,"
was the reply. It's a comfort any way,
to know that my head is stronger thau
my heart, for I should so despise my
self if ever I married a poor man for
no lietter reason than that I liked him.
The proper thing to jdo is to have a
pla-ster cast taken of your right foot,
and then get a professor of chiropody
to tell you all about yourself. Large,
weil-formed, symmetrical feet indi
cate breadth of mind and lirmness of
purpose. Broad-soled, fiat-heeled feet
show a grasping disposition. The
New York girl's fiot is pink, and
white, and beautiful, but really strongs
though it looks delicate The foot of a
southern girl has a small ankle, high
instep, etirved like a bow, and has a
delicate tracery of veins all over the
surface. Spanish and Cuban women
have the most perfect feet-
Sly stery of a Photograph.
A well-known photogmplier will
vouch for the following facts as told in
the London TaUtet. lie was called in
one day to take the photograph of a
young girl of aliout twenty, who had
died a few days iiefore. The corpse
was laid out upon a bed with the bands
clasped over the breast. Death bad
come very gently to her. and, except
lor the stillness, she lav there as 11 tn
! sleep.
Some flowers had been strewn
over the body, and on the floor by the
side of the bed. and standing out in
black relief against it. was the coffin.
The photographer silently adjusted liis
lens and took the photograph. During
the ten minutes needed for the exjios
tire the photographer paced ui and
down in the long corridor outside the
room where the dead girl lay. When
he returned he saw on the lid of the
coffin a flower, which was not there
before. How did that flower vme
there? No oue had entered the room,
the windows were closed, and there
was not a breath of air stirring. Whv
; w;s the flower now lying on the eoflin.
when a few minutes Itefore it was on
the bed letween the hands of the
i corpse? The photographer listened.
1 but he could hear no sound except the
i lieating of his own heart. Ia a few
I niiitite-5 hm-rpp Iia li.fi-ivii.i. I tsv
j dismiss the Question from his mind and
, 1 . h;miif -;tt, v;n hi in.
strument. Then he
;-; - t -""jr "r
lhen lie paused possibly
j me failing nower haa left a trace on
! the negative, or, as the day was
j gloomy, the photograph might "not be
! quite successful. He would try again.
I A second photograph was taken and
I the artist returned home. That night,
j sitting up late in his studio. he deveiop
1 ed the two negatives. The position of
the corpse was not the same in the two
negatives. Thn photographer strained
his ev es, half disbelieving the evidence
of his own senses, but there were the
two. negatives before him, telling him
in their silent, unmistakable truthful
ness that lietween the taking of the two
photographs the arm of the dead girl
Iiad distinctly moved. The mystery of
the flower on the eoflin was solvedbut
it was succeeded by a mystery mora
terrible still.
Kasy Sleight of Hand.
Take a pack of cards--having ar
ranged the nine of cl's, the ten dia
monds, and IU- ace of hearts in the
middle of -the pack; then present the
pack lo your audience, -inducing . or
forcing." as it is called, one to draw
the nine of clubs, one the ten of dia
monds, and a third the ace of hearts,
which, having insMcted. thev return to
the pacsk. which is then shuillett.
An assistant next produces a sword,
the. blade of which has lieen thrust
through three similar cards which are
attached to an elastic cord fastened to
tho Hii)t of the sword and the card
are draw n down to the hilt. In-hind
which I hey are concealed, while the
tension of ihe elastic is held taut by l "
ng fastened at the same place. Tli
operator then throws the pack of carif
into ihe . air and thrusts the sivoi"
through them, at the same instant A
Uts'uig the elastic cord, with the r.
sun ihui uie inree canto-are i
In :i iMWition o?e tlie iwili- ' -
'at .
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blade, tnus -rivm;! tho lmpres
they were pierced by . passing X-
the flying pack.
f
A Springfield (O.) Lairga"' '
roughly jostled ait elderly """
and bade him get out o- "A
The elderly man was the av " '
ent of the road, and whe,
arouud tiie baggage-man ,.
hi ud a trunk aud kicked.--'
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